Americans Own Nearly Half of the Privately Owned Guns on Earth

National Journal ^ | 07/17/2013 | Matt Berman

[dinodino]

Sweet!

[shankbear]

That’s a good start!!!

[headstamp 2]

Excellent!

[Huskrrrr]

Is this (for now) a great country or what?

[ottbmare]

Is that all? Then we need to do better!

[montag813]

Congratulations, America!

[clintonh8r]

Nearly half?

We can do better!!

[Resolute Conservative]

Just doing my part.

[DBrow]

How can we have a firearms murder rate of 10, when the total murder rate is 4.8? Bogusity is suspected.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate

[SandRat]

An American with a gun behind every blade of grass; “Admiral Yammamoto”

[Mastador1]

And good luck U.N. trying to take them away!

[Slings and Arrows]

[showme_the_Glory]

I’ll do my part, you do yours. Buy more guns. It’s good for the economy and bad for the tyrants.

[DBrow]

“Buy more guns. It’s good for the economy and bad for the tyrants.”

Buy one gun a month!

[SeekAndFind]

RE: An American with a gun behind every blade of grass; “Admiral Yammamoto”

Apparently, there is no proof that this was ever said by Yamamoto.

However, it should be noted that Yamamoto spent time in the U.S., attending Harvard for two or more years. He spoke fluent English and had a keen understanding of the industrial capabilities of the United States. He did not want war with the U.S. for this, and possibly other reason.

Therefore, while he may not have made this now-famous quote, it is likely that he may have believed it, therefore being a good person to attribute it to.

I’m also unsure about this line that was attributed to Yamamoto, quoted in the movie TORA, TORA, TORA ( afer Pearl Harbor was bombed):

“I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”

[TBP]

Good for us.

[Uncle Miltie]

And yet our murder rate is lower than countries with excellent gun control. Go figure!

[Free Vulcan]

I’m gonna bet there’s more like 4-500 million guns out there.